Lunar Eclipse, Supermoon and red blood moon in India, check date, time and other details

The first lunar eclipse of 2021 will be on May 26, but it will be a super celestial event with three lunar events will coinciding all at once; an eclipse, a supermoon and a red blood moon.

New Delhi: The first lunar eclipse of 2021 will be on May 26, but it will be a super celestial event with three lunar events will coinciding all at once; an eclipse, a supermoon and a red blood moon. On that day, it will be the first lunar eclipse of the year 2021, with the moon's closest approach to Earth it will be a "supermoon" eclipse and the colour of the moon will turn reddish — also known as a "blood moon". On May 26, the eclipse will start at 4:47:39 a.m. EDT (2:17pm IST), according to NASA's Eclipse Page. That's when the moon touches the penumbra. The partial phase of the eclipse starts about 57 minutes later, at 5:44 a.m. EDT (3:14pm IST).